Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA): GRDS International Conference Summary held at London, UK, September 2017

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

GLOBAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LANGUAGE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (GPLRA)

22nd International Conference on Psychology & Language Research (ICPLR)
South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London | London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

This summary captures a two day program with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) conference is one of best academic event in Psychology and Language theme, which took place on 11th & 12th of September, 2017 at South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London | London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. The event brought together around 15 Participants from around 07 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Psycholinguistics. Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) is known to have valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further cooperation among the participants of different countries.

The conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Psycholinguistics.

The main aim of this conference was:

To discuss latest challenges/researches being faced by the Society regarding Language, Communication gap
Generating academic and professional relationships
Boosting morale and confidence of researchers in an international platform
Networking among the participants
Providing a holistic experience of academic tourism

We would begin with session 1. The details are as below.

Session 1: Welcome and opening Speech

In the Opening of the conference, Our Honourable Keynote speaker enlightened the participants with their Speech to the conference highlighting the problem emerging all around the world communication and language .

Dr. Andrew Laghos
Assistant Professor, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.

Session 2: Technical Session

In this technical session Participants of Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) presented their papers related to their Research and Study. Some of the major issues that were discussed can be outlined as:

1. "Sense of Self-Efficacy in Using English as a Medium of Instruction: A Case of Non-English Major Teachers in Various Philippine Faculties" Presented by Xavier Aquino Velasco Affiliated to English College of Arts and Letters,Department of Education - Valenzuela, Polytechnic University of the Philippines,Manila, Philippines.

2. "Graduate Students of Two Similar Programs: A Comparison Study of Communication Apprehension when They Speak the English Language" Presented by Sucharat Rimkeeratikul Affiliated to Language Institute,Thammasat University,Bangkok, Thailand.

In order to Promote Young Researchers, GRDS International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events.

In each, GRDS International conference, best paper award is given to best researches. In Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA), Best paper award is given to the participants with best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference. In Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) conference, Best Paper Award was given to paper:

1. "Hanzi Theorising: Post-Lingual Pedagogy" Presented by Jinghe Han Affiliated to School of Education,Western Sydney University,Sydney, Australia

2. "Gender Differences in Bullying and Victimization among Early Adolescents in Jordan' Presented by Prof. Abdul-Kareem M. Jaradat Affiliated to Professor of Counseling Psychology, Dept. of Counseling & Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education,Yarmouk

University,Irbid, Jordan